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Basketball Ireland quietly announced on Friday via their Facebook page that “A new Basketball Ireland bye-law passed by its Council has clarified the organisation’s position on unregistered activity.” It was accompanied by a link to the Basketball Ireland website which introduced the new bye-law. You can read the bye-law in full below:

Youth development, quality coaches, and Americans are all priorities for the growth of the Irish game, says Ciaran Mac Evilly. This is the second opinion piece in our series, “Irish Basketball: Just One Perspective”.

There has been mutterings recently regarding the possibility of the the return of the senior Irish men’s national team. The team was disbanded in 2010 due to the Basketball Ireland financial crisis and it now seems like a return might not be too far away.With that in mind we decided it would be a good time to start the preparation and see if we could maybe convince a few NBA players to join the green army…

Our newest member of The Courtside Collective, Puff Summers, offers up his thoughts on the state of Irish basketball. This is the first in a series of posts around the theme of Irish Basketball. Be sure to revisit our page for other opinions from Irish basketball people from across the country.